Week 14

Hello everyone,

Hope everyone is having a blast! I am so happy that presentation for FYP 2 is over.... I had update my post every week for the past 14 week and today's entry will be my last. I hope everyone enjoys my blog and hope to see you guys next time. 

Last Tuesday, dated 24 April 2012, I have gone finished my presentation for my final year project (FYP). I was assessed by Sir Mohd Saiful Othman, lecturer from electrical section and Madam Nurhidayah from telecommunication section. Thanks to both lecturer for assessing me. Next a very thousand thanks to my advisor for helping me and giving me idea to find more research on this project and all my friend for helping me on my FYP till the very end and to my family as well as to all my friends that supports me along the way.

Now lets see the outcome of my project.  :) thank you

Week 13

Title of activity: Finishing the last step , that is joining all the circuit to the helicopter and burn the programmed to the PIC for receiver and transceiver circuit.

Objective:To finish the project.

Content/procedure:

Result and Analysis:After joining all the circuit to the helicopter and testing the circuit. they are a bit problem with the circuit. As i mention before, they are no data transmit to the receiver circuit. Then i need to troubleshoot all the circuit and the programmed. They are much i do to finish my project. But i cant still  get the solution to trouble shoot the programmed. 

Conclusion:They are a little bit problem from my project. They are no data transfer to the receiver. I can just say the programmed is suitable with this , because when i try to programmed to moved to motor of the helicopter. the programmed is working because the motor is moved. But they are second problem that i detect, the IC to control the motor a little bit hot. I think maybe the ic to control the motor of the helicopter maybe not support, to control the motor. Maybe i need to change the new IC to control the the motor and lastly i can say this project a quite difficult to do, then i just finish doing the circuit for receiver and transmitter and i also finish doing the software development that is the controlling in visual basic, but the problem detect before i link the circuit with the visual basic. 

Week 12

Title of activity: Combine All Circuit and test the circuit. 

Objective:To make sure all the circuit ( rf and tx circuit ) funtcion and workable 

Content/procedure:Burn the programmed to the PIC 16F877A and try to move the helicopter with the new circuit without using the remote control. The new circuit got 6 button. 

Result and Analysis: When testing the circuit, they are bit problem with the programmed, after testing the circuit, the motor at the helicopter is funtcion, but the main problem is they are no transmit data from tx to rx.

Conclusion: When testing the circuit, the problem occurs.then i need to trouble shoot the programmed and the circuit first. The troubleshooting takes time and i need help from my friend. The programmed is suitable for the rx and tx, but maybe the problem occurs from the circuit. Maybe from receiver and transceiver at the circuit. Then i put out the receiver and transceiver then i change it with the new one. Then i continue testing and trouble shoot the circuit.

Week 11

Title of activity: Software Development 

Objective:Need Using Visual Basic in this project

Content/procedure: Find and doing some research on internet on how to use visual basic and link it with the circuit.

Result and Analysis: The programmed take from internet, then it will be edited to use on how to control the heli, the key that use is w for forward, s for backward, a for leftside, d for rightside, then for throtlle is t and g. After edit the programmed, and all the visual basic is functioning within try to press key at the keyboard. Then need to configure the port that want to use to connect the circuit to the laptop. But before want to link it. I need to test the circuit first with the switches.

Conclusion:  Design for controlling the RC helicopter using visual basic is successful. but the problem is on how to link the the visual basic to the circuit. . Then need to try first the circuit. It is working with the circuit switches or not

Week 10

Title of activity: Make a research of programming and the suitable programming that suitable for me to use in my project.

Objective: To make sure the circuit funtcion and workable with the programming

Content/procedure: 

Result and Analysis: Find the programming for circuit receiver and transceiver and i also have a programmed, ill take it from my friend and i want to testing it to my circuit. When testing the circuit, they are a bit problem with the programmed and i need to edit the programmed correctly before testing it again with the circuit.

Conclusion: When testing the circuit, they are a bit problem with the programmed and i need to edit the programmed and change it for the suitable . Then after finish editing the programmed i test it to the circuit again, but they are still problem detect. They are no data transmit to the receiver.Then i continue editing the programmed and also the circuit.

Week 9

Title of activity: Continue troubleshoot the circuit and programming.

Objective: To finish doing the project.

Content/procedure:

Result and Analysis: They are many way that i try to troubleshoot the circuit and the programming. 

Conclusion: The programming is working with the PIC. but they are a problem with the receiver and transceiver at the circuit.

Week 8

Title of activity:  Finishing solder the component to the circuit .

Objective:Finishing the last step that is soldering and testing the circuit.

Content/procedure:

Result and Analysis:  They are no problem detect from the circuit because the programmed is not burn yet to the PIC, we can just test wither the circuit is working or not. 

Conclusion: They are no problem detect since all the component have been solder to the circuit. The problem maybe occur when the programmed have be burn to the PIC